Dr. Patrick Jones (he/him/his)
Senior Vice President of Leadership, Equity, and School Growth
As Senior Vice President of Leadership, Equity, and School Growth Dr. Patrick Jones leads The Mind Trust’s implementation of our talent development strategy and racial equity priorities and commitments. He also serves on our leadership team.
Before joining The Mind Trust in 2018, Dr. Jones served as Director of Secondary Schools for Tindley Accelerated Schools, where he coached principals and oversaw the development of instructional systems at the Indianapolis-based network of six charter schools. In 2011, Dr. Jones led the founding of Tindley Preparatory Academy as its first principal. Under his leadership, the school earned four consecutive A letter grades on the Indiana Department of Education’s school accountability framework. Before becoming principal, Dr. Jones taught at Charles A. Tindley Accelerated School, where he led the improvement of his 8th grade students’ Algebra End of Course Assessment pass rate from 45 percent to 91 percent proficiency.
Dr. Jones holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Fisk University and a master’s degree from California State Dominguez Hills. He is pursuing an Ed.D. in organizational leadership from Marian University.